(CNN) -- Western governments, including the United States, appear to be stepping up efforts to censor Internet search results and YouTube videos, according to a "transparency report" released by Google. "It's alarming not only because free expression ...

The fifth update to Google's Transparency Report reveals an increase in informal requests from governments to remove political speech from their services. Google's Transparency Report first saw the light of day about two years ago.

To put this into perspective: in the first half of 2011, Google was only asked to remove 757 items in the US and only received 92 removal requests. Google complied with 42% of these requests. According to its report, Google received 6321 user data ...

Google has seen an increase in requests from governments to take down internet content they don't like, according to its latest Transparency Report. Google has reported a rise in the number of requests it received from governments to censor its search ...

One of the interesting things I find is how a traditional news organization will report vs. a Web2.0.

Google says US government takedown requests have doubled in last six months

New data released by Google shows that US government requests to remove search results, YouTube videos and other content has increased by 103 percent in the last half year. The company also released takedown information from around the world that show countries targeting everything from social network profiles to a citizen peeing on a passport.

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About two years ago, we launched our interactive Transparency Report. We startedby disclosing data about government requests. Since then, we’ve been steadilyadding new features, like graphs showing traffic patterns and disruptions to Google services from different countries. And just a couple weeks ago, we launched a new section showing the requests we get from copyright holders to remove search results.

The traditional way is trust us our brand, our publication. The Web2.0 is show us where you get your information from and who you are.

Which do you trust more to read? BBC or GigaOm. How about your kids or nephews/nieces?